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Wednesday, September 24, 1952 MAROON AND GOLD PAGE THREE Elon And Navy Fliers Play OTo 0 Tie In Opening Game INSIDE OR OUTSIDE WITH A ‘OINE-TWO’ PUNCH SEEING SPORTS witth GARY SEARS Seeing sports'. That's wliat I've I sex (yeah, you guessed iti Got ■n doing every chance I’ve had for a long time, but this marks my first attempt at telling about them through the medium of the print- 46 page. However, I hope to see a^lot of sports here at Elon this both varsity and intramural vaiieties. and I hope, too, that I may be able gradually to hit full str de on this ol' typewriter and make this column both interest ing and informative to readers of the Maroon and Gold. Certainly there'll be lots more to talk about before another issue rolls from the press. + * * [September arrived lor all Elon students after three glorious sum mer months, and with it came the thud of headgears and shoulder pads, sore muscles and all the nur.'.eroiii aches and pains that ac-’ company football. September 1st wfe.' Labor Day, and it was cer- ta’inly that for the 1952 squad of Fjgliting Christians here at Elon College. Coaches Mallory and Mathis settled right down to the task of shaping a team for the opening game with the Naval Air Station at Norfolk. Va„ on Sep tember 20th—quite a job for any coaching staff, with the toll that graduation took from last year’s eleven. (Cione from the line are such stalwarts as Raleigh Ellis, Sal Gei'o. Bob Reece. Len Greenwood, Harold McRae and Tom Haymore, along with such dependables as Frank Tingley, Harry Farmer and Dick Lee in the backfield. Lee a^ii Farmer were two of the better linebackers that have donned Bi. oon and Gold colors in recent years. Yes. it was a large task for anyone and everyone, but your reporter feels certain that when the final curtain falls on Thanks giving Day the Fighting Christi ans will have given an excellent **coant of themselves on the grid- ■Uiat has happened to the Tri- Captains of last year’s Christian eleven? Raleigh Ellis entered Of ficer Candidate School for the U. S. Marine Corps at Quantico, Va., and was to receive his commission Us: Saturday. Frank Tingley Mined forces with the opposite r...irried!) and just recently has been inducted into the U. S. Army. Sal Gero has undertaken the task as defensive line assistant to Coach Doc Mathis here at Elon while completing work toward his de gree. ORCHIDS TO: Lou Rochelli and A1 Ludwig on their recent se lection as Co-Captains of our foot ball team. Rochelli operates from the tailback position while Lud wig holds his own at an offensive i guard. Two finer players and more personable fellows would be hard to find on any squad. | ONIONS TO: Those students who week after week leave our campus on weekend and thereby fail to support the athletic teams here at Elon. The records that our teams have compiled in re cent years' is certainly demanding and deserving of more support than has been shown in the past. This is a new year and a new football season, so why not plan now to support Elon teams all the way. Let's all take part and have a hand in a banner year for sports here at Elon. In a very short while Intramur al football will be underway. For all you students who do not par ticipate in varsity athletics, this is your opportunity to display your talents. In recent years the competition has been keen, and fun is to be had by all. Word from the east side of the campus is that the boys from Oak-Carlton are out tor their third consecutive football championship. Leon Long, stellar end performer, will be back to lead his team toward this goal. ^ I Defensive Units Shine i j In Contest At Norfolk “Smack e'm down again, boys! Smack 'em down again.” That parody of a popular hill-billy aitty might well have been the background music for that Elon-Norfolk Navy battle in Norfolk last Saturday, which ended 0 to 0 as two tine defensive units pro ceed to smack dow n ball carrier right and left tor the edification and amusement of 3,500 Navy andcivilian spectators. Neither taam could ever muster a sustained offensive threat as two fighting lines rose up to smack down the ball carriers with gusto and vim. The combined offensive efforts of both teams net ted only 136 yards, with Elon accounting for yards running and passing, while the Navy lads got barely 53 yard* all day. ' The Elon defensive unit, which had appeared a problem for Coaches Mallory and Mathis as the season workouts began, proved itself right ther«. I’our times the Navy backs smacked into the line, and four times the youthful IClon defenders threw them back without a score. Have you noticed the crowds that adorn the tennis courts these days? Johnny Howell, Number Two man for the Elon netters last spring, is getting in h s share of time there, and it might be added that he gives free private lessons to all young ladies. A passing thought this early in the year to the Director of Ath letics. Wonder if a few dollars could be set aside towards equip ment for a track squad. We are blessed with a wealth of talent m several outstanding dash men, high hurdlers and pole vaulters pres ent. With a little equipment and a helping hand, Elon could walk away with the North State title again. "We'll hit 'em inside and outside and maybe on both sides, for we can really throw that old ‘one-two’ punch this season." Perhaps it was something like that that Coach Jim Mallory (center) was saying to John Platt (left) and Lou Rochelli (right) when the photographer caught the Chris tian mentor talking things over on the practice field with the two boys who may prove to be Elon's top offensive threats during the forthcoming 1952 football campaign. Elon Backfj; eld Pair Showed Brilliant Offensive Record During 1951 Season The Fighting Christians can really offer a powerful “one-two" offensive punch during the 1952 football season if one can rely o.i last year's offensive statistics, for John Platt and Lou Rochelli each wrote a record in 1951 that promises dire things for Elon en emies in coming games. Big John Platt, who was inel igible for all Conference games ,'ast fall after his transfer from the University of Kentucky, participated in only a couple ot games for Elon last fall, but his per formance in those two games was nothing sliort of brilliant, and North Carolina sportswriters and Elon fans have been looking to the day when the Indiana husky would become fully eligible. One North Carolina sportswriter declared in a North State Conference review that Platt had caused more talk around at North State colleges than would a pink polka-dotted saucer skimming down Pennsylvania Avenue at an altitude of fifty feet. The sports writer.? have pointed to the fact that Platt’s power and running, with a bit of clever passing thrown in, will make a mighty fine combination when teamed up with the triple-threat maneuvers of little Lou Rochelli, whose great play throughout last season stamped him as one of the finest backs in Elon history. All Lou did last season was to gain more total yardage in combined running and passing than any college back in North Carolina, including the “Big Four” as well as the North State. Elon Football Elon 0, Norfolk Navy 0. (Remaining Games) Sept. 26—Wofford, away. Oct. 4—Appalachian, away. Oct. 11—East Carolina, home. Oct. 18—Little Creek, home. Oct. 25—Catawba, home. W.C.T.C., away. Nov. 8—Newberry, away. Nov. 15—Len. Rhyne, home. Nov. 27—Guilford, ReidsviUe. I Fifteen ^E’ Club Members Included In Honor Group Jjifteen members of the “E” Wen s Club, which is composed of Ion s letter athletes, are includ- ^ on the fall quarter Dean’s List “W 107 students listed elsewhere this paper. The Ust is based *,'■ 8*'ades for last spring term. ^ •Wearers of the “E" who are now ■on the campus and listed in the »onor group are Charles Atkins, U1 Blackstone, Isaac Braxton, red Burmeister, Jack Christy, •ilvin Cooper, Ned Gauldin, Er- Gero, Sal Gero, Sherrill Hall, Hawkins, Preston Holt, A1 ■•‘3, Page Painter and Bobby swart. five of the above group are not --'ve players this year, for Sal fifo and Nelvin Cooper have completed their four years eligi bility, and Isaac Braxton and Er nie Gero are not playing football this fall. Preston Holt is a stu dent manager. Six other varsity athletes who graduated in either May or Au gust were also on the spring quarter honor roll. They were Bill Barger, Raleigh Ellis, Har ry Farmer, Dick Lee, Harold Mc Rae and Billy Rakes. It is worth noting that six mem bers of the 1952 football squad are on the houor list, all of them first stringers. They are Atkins, Black- stone, Burmeister, Christy and Ludwig, lettermen, and Jim Hardy, who is playing his first varsity ball this fall. Girls^ Sports Group Plans For Proper am A well-rounded program ot sports activities tor the girls of the Elon student body is planned for the fall quarter, according to an announcement from Aleane Gentry, president of the Women’s Ath^'tic Assodiation. Al,l girls in the Elon student body auto matically become eligible tor membership in the group. The tall program was discussed in detail at a meeting of the girls’ sports group, which was held on Wednesday night, September 10th. Another meeting is to be held in the near future to map an ex act schedule for the fall activi ties. The sports to be included this fall are volley ball, ping pong, badminton and basketball. The volley ball tournament has been • et for the first week in October, Leaders of the girls’ sport pro gram hope to have teams in com- ptiition from eight ^ different groups, including the Commercial Students, the Day Students, Sec ond Floor West, Third Floor West, and each of the four sororities on the campus. There was also a discussion of plans for a social for members of the Women’s Athletic Association, and date for the social was set tentatively for the latter part of September. Officers chosen for the Women's Athletic Association tliis year in clude Aleane Gentry, president; Virginia Jernigan, vice-president; Ernestine Bridges, treasurer; La- Verne Brady, secretary; and Sue Moore, point secretary. Miss Betsy Haley, new teacher of girls’ physical education, is faculty ad visor this year. The Elon fans like to recall the I’ecords of those two last fall and at the same time hope for better things in the present campaign. Rochelli’s total offense record for the year was 1,273 yards in nine games, and Platt advanced the ball more than a quarter of a mile while playing slightly more than half of only two games. Platt competed against power ful Emory and Henry and Norfolk Navy, and his record shows that he rushed the ball 27 times for 190 yards and an average of 7 yards per carry; he completed 11 cut of 21 passes for 203 yards; he received one pass for 15 yards and he ran back kicks for 39 yards, all ot which adds up to 447 yards in the less than two games. That is exactly 7 yards more than' a quarter of a mile. Rochelli’s full-season record was brilliant, especially in the passing column, which shows that he completed 62 of 126 passes for a total of 1,002 yards, far ahead of any other passer in the state, and eight of his pa.sses went for touchdowns. Lou also ran with the ball 105 times for a total of 271 yards total offense, but one must still add in the fact that Rochelli caught 7 passes for 79 yards and that he punted for an average of 39.6 yards during the season. However, the “one-two" punch boys are not the only Elon backs who can advance that ball, and they will receive able aid from such veterans as Carroll Reid, Joe Parker, Alfred Male, Jack Christy, and Marvin Moss, along with several freshmen who can move. However, it is true that none of the backs ca nhit the in side or the outside without the blockers in line and backfield who clear the way. Ta^-Foothall Loop Planned At Meeting Plans were perfected for the 1952 tag-football campaign at a meeting of the Men’s Intramural Council held last Tuesday after noon, September 16th. It was an nounced that the campus football loop wii) be composed of aix teams this fall. The teams which will partici pate in the campus grid race this year, battling for the title won by Oak-Carlton tor the past two seasons, include North Dorm, East Dorm, Oak-Carlton, South-Sigma Phi, Day Students-Vets Apart ments and Alpha Pi-ITK. The combination of different groups into single units was made in order to assure enough men for a team. It was announced that play in tag-football will continue this year under the same rules of play that have been used in the past, and once more the season will be climaxed by an all-star game, The organization of the Intra mural Council was completed at the September 16th meeting, of ficers elected including Charlie Schrader, president; Jack Jones, vice-president; Stanley Bunch, secretary. The student manager of intramurals this year will be Don Merrimon. Members of the Council include Luther Conger and Bill Ren, South Dorm; Charlie Schrader, Sigma Phi; Dickie Bradsher, Al pha Pi; DonMerri n^on, I.T.K.; Carroll Reid, Oak Lodge; Stanley Bunch, Club House; Graham Heath, North Dorm; Robley West erman, Carlton House; Baird Ilovesdeson, Day Students; Jack James, East Dorm; and Jay Arnifield, Vets Apartments. Elon Eleven To Wofford Friday Night On the road tor two more weekends in a row, the Elon Chris tians will face two of the most powerful teams on the schedule before coming home for the first game on the local field. The Christians go to Spartanburg, S. C,, this weekend to meet Wofford in a Friday night encounter, and then they meet Appalachian at Boone on Saturday night ot next week. The Wofford Terriers have for several years been one of the South’s outstanding small-college elevens, and Coach Phil Dickens is evidently expecting plenty from this 1952 outfit, tor he has icheduled games with both Ten nessee and Auburn in the South eastern Conference and with South Carolina and Furman in the Southern Conference. Elon has not met Wofford since 1921, when the South Carolina outfit de feated the Christians 20 to 0. The annual battle with Appa lachian in Boone on the first Sat urday in October also shape up as a toughie, although the Apps fail ed to measure up to expectations in nosing Guilford 13 to 12. How ever, neither did Elon's offensive live up to expectations in the scoreless tie with Norfolk Navy. It was learned on campus this week that efforts are underway to work out a plan for more Elon students to attend the games away from home, which would mean more yelling and support tor the Fighting Christians in their play on foreign fields. The entire Elon unit played wall in this stand, with the tackles credited to J. C. Disher, Joe Widdifield, Dwight Dillon, Bryce Hurd and Alfred Male, each ot whom figured in one or more ot the tackles. Elon got to thu Navy twenty- yard line thre# times, but in neith er instance were the Christians able to penetrate further against the stonewall defense of the Sail ors. The big Navy line, which averaged better than 220 pounds in weight, smacked down the run ning plays and rushed the Elon passers so as to halt aerial at tempts effectively. The first Elon chance came in the opening period. Joe Widdi field recovered a Navy fumble on the Navy thirty-six. Rochelli lost one, Platt gained two, and Ho- chelli passed to Platt for 14 yards and a first down on the Navy 20- yard marker. The chance ended when a Rochelli pass skimmed Blackstone's fingers in the end zone. Another Elon chance — one could scarcely call it a threat— came in the third period when Navy was penalized back to its own one. Ernie Mills punted short to hi* own 21-yard line, A'I.ere Elon took over. Three in completed passes, interspersed by a one-yard line play, ended the Elon chance almost where it start ed. ♦ * * HOW IT HAPPENED Elun Norfolk Navy 4 First Downs 7 38 Net Yards Rushing 43 16 Passes Attempted 12 5 Passes Completed 2 43 Total Yards PassinR 10 83 Total Yds from Scrimmage 53 3 Opp. Passes Intercepted 0 16 Runback Intercept’d Passes 0 9 Number Punts 9. 27.1 Av. Distance Punts 31.3 46 Yards Runback All Kicks 20 5 Number Fumbles 1 2 Opp. Fumbles Recovered 4 25 Total Yards Penalties 45 The final Elon opportunity knocked in the closing seconds of the game. Rochelli, nearly trap ped while attempting to pass, found Bill Blackstone open down field and passed to the big end for 32 yards and a first down on the Navy 20-yard marker. With barely four seconds left on the clock, a Rochelli pa.ss intend ed for Joe Parker in the end zone, was knocked down by a Navy defender. The Elon honors were strictly of the defensive variety, and mention must go to J. C. Disher, end; Fred Burmeister, Joe Widdi field and Dwight Dillon, Joe Smith guard; Nat Burwell, line backer; and Alfred Male, safety man, Joe Wiwwifield and Bob Robertson, the latter a former Burlington High boy, each recov ered one Navy fumble; Alfred Male, Jerry Miller and Bryce Hurd each intercepted one Navy pass to halt threats. The Navy Fliers presented a number of outstanding defenders, among them being big Bioncho 26-GAME SCORING STREAK SMASHED A fine 26-game scoring streak for Elon was broken when the Fighting Christians and Norfolk Navy battled to that scoreless tie in Norfolk la.st Saturday, for Elon had scored at least once in every game since the Appa lachian outfit won 14 to 0 in the third game in 1949. The Christians had been held to one touchdown only twice in the twenty-six games and had iKosanovich, 220-pound linebacker scored a total of 585 points in the string of games, an aver age of exactly 22.5 points per game. Elon won nineteen, lost six and tied one durin?: the 26- game scoring streak. from Penn State and the Pitts burgh Steclers, Doug MacLachlan, former All-Southern end at Rich mond, and John Hoffman, More- head State Teachers ace, who I’oubled on offense and defense at fullback.
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